April 2000

DIXIE TUB THUMPERS NEWS

"Toastmasters' goal is to create better listeners, thinkers and speakers."

TOASTMASTERS SPRING CONTESTS

Our area competition will be on Saturday, 29th April, 2000, 10am at Udvar Hazy Business Building, Dixie State College campus. It is the new building south of the Gardner Center, which has lots of glass windows on all four sides. Please support the local clubs, before the winning contestant goes on to

Division E contest, Saturday, May 6, 2000 at 6:30 PM at the WorkForce Services Building, 5735 South Redwood Road, Salt Lake City ( red brick building immediately to the right when exiting off westbound I 215 West at the Redwood Road exit. This exit is the first after exiting I 15 onto westbound I 215). The District Contest will be May 20, 2000 (part of District Conference May 19-20) at the Ogden Marriott Hotel, 247 24th Street, Ogden. (24th Street exit off Northbound I 15 and east then across the bridge). The contest will be in the afternoon about 4pm with the winners announced at the evening banquet. The winners will then go on to the,

REGION I CONFERENCE IN RENO

June 16 & 17 at Harrah's in Reno, at present the timetable is not at hand, although sufficient to say it will be a wonderful event and the winners from here will go onto the International conference in Florida. Will we have a Dixie Tub Thumper at this event?

It all starts at the club level and then the spectacular event in the Dixie College on Saturday, 29th April, 2000, 10am, please support your members and also the other club contestents.

NEW WEB SITE

The new and exciting website is now up and active. The design is very enriching and wonderful. The choice and the use of colors is well utilized and we must all be very proud of this site. Please tell all of your friends and let the web site build your friends interest in our club. We know that we have a great club so please share this with your friends, the address is:

http://www.sginet.com/dixietubs

GUESTS

Please make an effort a very special effort to bring guests to the next meeting.Guests are the life line of any Toastmaster club and growth is so critical for Dixie Tub Thumpers, your club. Bring all your friends and acquaintances to the next meeting. Let’s really fill the room to capacity and most importantly have a really special happy sincere smile, bigger and warmer than usual.

The officers of Dixie Tub Thumpers work very hard behind the scenes to ensure that our club meeting flow smoothly and in general everything does flow smoothly. This does not mean that we have any room for complacency. We don’t, so please if you have any suggestions for improvement let one of the club officers know about it, they are all very experienced listeners and will thank you for your views. If you are not sure who they, are their names are printed on the rear page, along with email address.

ELECTION TIME coming up, are you ready to support your club into the millennium and to make it the very best club in Dixie?

IMPORTANT NOTICE

CLUB OFFICER ELECTIONS A reminder that the Club Constitution - Article VI, Section 6 requires that ALL Clubs hold their Club Officer Elections at THEIR *FIRST* MEETING IN MAY for officers to serve for 6 or 12 months beginning July 1. This is a very important event and I ask you all to look inwardly and consider yourself as a candidate.

We have an excellent group of club officers that have worked behind the scenes to ensure a smooth running club, let us not let them down, let us all carry this our club onto even greater heights.

May the name, “DIXIE TUB THUMPERS” be the club that all other clubs, inspire to.

Web Information

We live in the information age and one excellent way to ensure that you get the information fast is to subscribe to this list. To SUBSCRIBE, send an e- mail to suan.niven@momentuminc.com with "Subscribe Region I News" in the subject line A wealth of information on contests and everything about District 15 is on the district website at http://home.rmci.net/cc district15.htm This is a top site with lots of up todate information, want to know, go here.

Our DTM's message: "It is better to be prepared for an opportunity and not have one than to have an opportunity and not be prepared." --Whitney Young, Jr.

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